area. >> we are back here at 7:00 for you, have ♪ ♪ captioning sponsored by cbs >> o'donnell: tonight, president trump in wisconsin, expressing support for law enforcement. but what he's saying tonight that's raising questions. the president, greeted by both supporters and protesters, visits damage in kenosha. a trip meant to underscore his re-election message of law and order is overshadowed by comparing the officer who shot jacob blake seven times in the back to a golfer choking on a putt. >> they choke, just like in a golf tournament. >> o'donnell: also tonight, what's behind the headlines about the president's health? why did his white house physician put out a statement saying president trump did not experience a "stroke of any kind" or a "heart emergency?" breaking news. army shake-up, months after the brutal murder of specialist

vanessa guillen. why the army is now investigating fort hood's commanding general. caught red-handed. facebook shuts down multiple accounts linked to russians trying to interfere in the election. tonight, the story of these two girls using the wifi at a local taco bell in order to log on for their remote classes. the outpouring of support. and, how many other kids in america lack the tools to learn online? vaccine priority list. tonight, we're learning who should be first in line, once a vaccine is approved. plus, news tonight about those face shields-- the video that shows why they may be more comfortable than effective. welcome to the bubble. n.b.a. players are reunited with their families after weeks of quarantine. this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital.

>> o'donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us. we are going to begin tonight with that controversial visit by the president to kenosha, wisconsin, that has been the scene of unrest since a police shooting over a week ago and then the killing of two protesters. president trump on the ground today touring sites damaged by bouts of violence following the police shooting of jacob blake. well, the president did not meet with his family today. instead, the president today pledging financial support to law enforcement, describing police violence as just the work of a few bad apples. wisconsin was by no means the only focus for the president today, he directed his physician to put out a statement denying that mr. trump had a stroke or a cardiac event when he made an unannounced visit to walter reed national medical center in november of last year. his physician did not say why the president visited the hospital. but, there are lingering questions about why vice president mike pence was put on standby, so we'll have more on that in just a moment. now, all this happening while health officials tonight are

issuing a stark warning about the coronavirus. admiral brett girard, the covid testing czar, said this labor day weekend will be key to containing the virus and making sure there isn't another spike. there's a lot of news to cover tonight. we have got two reporters in kenosha to give us a full picture from the ground. cbs' paula reid is going to lead off our coverage. good evening, paula. >> reporter: good evening, norah. president trump visited here today over objections from local leaders in an effort to draw attention to destruction from recent protests. but while he was meeting with local law enforcement officials he refused to answer a question about systemic racism in h theesre pr under heavy security. accompanied by attorney general bill barr and homeland security chief chad wolf, they toured burned businesses and thanked local law enforcement leaders who helped quell the unrest. >> you have done a fantastic job. >> reporter: but mr. trump made

no mention of the police shooting of jacob blake that prompted much of the violence, and he did not meet with the blake family during today's visit. the president is under fire tonight for comparing excessive force by police to choking on the golf course. >> but they choke, just like in a golf tournament. they miss a three-foot putt. >> reporter: mr. trump has consistently tried to tie joe biden to the violence in u.s. cities. >> kenosha has been ravaged by anti-police and anti-american riots. >> reporter: last night he touted a strange and baseless claim that biden was being controlled by the people in the streets. >> people that you've never heard of, people that are in the dark shadows, people that are-- >> reporter: what does that mean? that sounds like conspiracy theory. "dark shadows." what is that? >> no, they're people you have never heard of. they're people that are on the streets. they're people that are controlling the streets. expected to announce a record campaign fund-raising haul of

over $300 million in the month of august, has accused the president of inciting violence rather than working to stop it. >> fires are burning and we have a president who fans the flames rather than fighting the flames. but we must not burn. we have to build. >> reporter: meanwhile, a new book on the president is raising questions about his health. it claims that vice president pence was told to stand by in case mr. trump was incapacitated during an unscheduled visit to walter reed hospital last november. the president tweeted today that the idea that he suffered a series of mini-strokes was fake news. but the author never mentions mini-strokes in the book. the controversy forced the president's personal physician to release a statement, saying he has not been evaluated for a stroke and remains healthy. paula reid, cbs news, kenosha, wisconsin. >> donald trump! four more years! >> reporter: i'm mola lenghi, also in kenosha, whereig the president's visit will help the town heal. >> a lot of people lost a lot of things.

we just need to stop being divided by our differences. >> we support god. we support trump. and we're praying for our country. >> reporter: while police and national guard members monitored what were at times heated, but mostly peaceful protests in kenosha, today, president trump also addressed unrest in portland, where overnight protesters clashed with police, the president saying this about aaron danielson, the victim of saturday night's fatal shooting: >> he was targeted. they targeted him. they shot him in the street, and then they were so happy that he died. >> reporter: during the president's visit to kenosha... >> we need a president that's going to unite our country and take us in a different direction. >> reporter: ...a counter-rally with jacob blake's family communy, likvoteregistration and testing.s jab's un hodoing? >> he's hanging in there, bro. his disposition and outgoingness is starting to return a little bit. >> reporter: personality? >> yeah, personality starting to light up the hospital and seeing

who little jake really is. >> reporter: jesse franklin lives in the neighborhood where blake was shot. he says before last sunday, he never protested a day in his life. now, his grassroots group, "black lives activists of kenosha" is leading a local movement. >> woke me up. it happened right across the street from my home. i have kids. that man's kids were in that car. that could have been me, and that's why it touched me. that's why i felt the need to step up and have a voice. >> reporter: well, the president left kenosha a few hours ago, but as you can see, still a few dozen demonstrators out here in front of the courthouse. meanwhile, the department of justice here in wisconsin continues to investigate the jacob blake shooting. we learned today, they've reviewed 28 videos relating to the shooting, including the two that have gone viral online. you'll remember, police here in the city of kenosha do not wear body cameras, norah. >> o'donnell: mola lenghi tonight, thank you. breaking news tonight from the

u.s. army announcing a big shake-up and an investigation at fort hood in texas after at least ten soldiers have been found dead since march, and specialist vanessa guillen was found brutally murdered. here's cbs' mireya villarreal. >> reporter: fort hood senior officer major general scott efflandt being pushed aside as several high-level investigations are under way. since march, at least ten soldiers have been found dead, including vanessa guillen, who was murdered in april. army secretary ryan mccarthy announced the base investigations last month. >> we're going to put every resource and all of the energy we can of this entire institution behind fixing these problems. >> reporter: efflandt was set to move to fort bliss, but that coveted assignment as commission commander has been taken away from him, and a new general will be placed in charge at fort hood. during the guillens' meeting trump in july,trump in july, they asked for an independent investigation. why was it so important for the f.b.i. to take over this

investigation? >> mostly because c.i.d., we lost trust with them since, you know, a couple of days after the investigation. i just felt that, you know, that they weren't capable of doing the investigation. >> reporter: the army has said as soon as they finish up their investigations, they will be releasing their findings to congress and the public. we've also been able to confirm the new commander should be on base in the next few weeks. norah. >> o'donnell: so many questions about what's been happening at fort hood. thank you. today, facebook said it removed a network of fake accounts tied to russian efforts to inflame political tensions right here in the u.s. one site that was taken down, called "peace data," has connections to the internet research agency. that is the notorious troll farm charged with trying to interfere in the 2016 presidential campaign. facebook says it acted after getting a tip from the f.b.i. we've got more now on that warning from the nation's top health officials. they say a safe labor day

weekend will be key to containing the spread of covid this fall. previously, cases surged following memorial day and the fourth of july. and tonight, reopening schools remains a major issue nationwide. here's cbs' meg oliver. >> reporter: today, new york mayor bill de blasio struck a deal with the teachers' union, delaying in-person learning for 11 days to better prepare buildings. >> it will be rigorous. we're going to be looking constantly for any signs of a challenge we have to address. >> reporter: education will be in flux until there's a vaccine. today, a first look at how one might be distributed. a nationocon o scientists proposed a -p plan tt starts with healthfirst. meantime, hot spots continue to emerge. iowa is in the grip of coronavirus. on average, nearly 20% of tests are positive. as schools struggle to return in person in salinas, california, a snapshot of the digital divide

of students left behind by covid-- two little girls doing their school work outside a taco bell so they can get access to wifi. after it went viral, strangers came to their rescue, raising more than $100,000 to help them and their mother, who are homeless. will every student have a device before you start all-remote next week? >> well, they're still arriving by truck daily. >> reporter: few places know the digital divide more than cleveland. last spring, 40% of families didn't have access to high-speed internet, and two-thirds didn't have a device to connect. superintendent eric gordon has been working all summer to put a device in every students' hand. >> that's an $18 million investment that we did not plan for, but had to happen.enlutiono make internet a utility and not a luxury, because i don't intend to be a superintendent going door to door collecting hot spots back once covid-is over and saying we're unplugging you again.

we have to solve this problem permanently. >> reporter: and some good news tonight about the effectiveness of vaccines. in a new study in the "new england journal of medicine," it shows that the antibodies people use to help fight the virus lasted at least four months, which will be key to helping schools here in new york and across the country reopen full- time. norah. >> o'donnell: on the top of every parents' list, what's going on in schools. thank you, meg. and we turn now to europe, where schools are reopening while on the verge of a second coronavirus wave with a dramatic surge of infections but fewer deaths, countries are taking new measures to try and stop the spread. we get more now from cbs' charlie d'agata. >> reporter: by the tens of millions, kids came back to school equipped with more than just a new pencil case. face masks, mandatory. in france, from the sixth grade up. in spain, even toddlers, with

students required to wash their hands five times a day. hardest-hit spain has seen a huge spike in new cases-- 57,000 in the past week, even outpacing the united states. it follows the decision to reopen resorts, despite the risks. tourism had fallen by 75%, a loss of tens of billions of dollars. france up, too, hinting at another nationwide lockdown. a european surge stretching to russia, which today surpassed one million cases. one place the lockdown was lifted long ago-- wuhan, china, where there have been no cases for several weeks. first day back for school kids there, too, all ready for a fresh start. although there has been this surge here in europe, it hasn't been nearly as deadly, partly because more young people are testing positive, and those who are more vulnerable are getting better treatment. norah. >> o'donnell: charlie, thank you so much. in new york city tonight,

hundreds of e.m.t.s and paramedics who were on the front line of the covid crisis may soon be headed to the unemployment line. the economic fallout from the pandemic could cost them their jobs, but they say it could cost some new yorkers their lives if there's another covid flare-up. here's cbs' nikki battiste. >> reporter: they are the first line of defense. 3,700 paramedics and e.m.t.s responding to more than 7,000 911 calls a day at the height of the pandemic. >> it's pretty much like battlefield triage. >> reporter: paramedic megan pfeiffer kept this video diary for us of her life in the trenches, when calls were coming every 15 seconds. >> right now it's patient after patient that's really sick, and a lot of them are getting intubated as soon as they walk through those e.r. doors. we're taking them in there to die. >> available, boom, another

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